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Identification of Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells by Immunofluorescence with Pax7 and Laminin Antibodies
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2018
The precise identification of satellite cells is essential for studying their functions under various physiological and pathological conditions. This article presents a protocol to identify satellite cells on adult skeletal muscle sections by immunofluorescence-based staining.
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A Microfluidic Device for Quantifying Bacterial Chemotaxis in Stable Concentration Gradients
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2010
This protocol describes the development of a microfluidic device for investigating bacterial chemotaxis in stable concentration gradients of chemoeffectors.
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Manipulation of Rhythmic Food Intake in Mice Using a Custom-Made Feeding System
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2022
Restricting the timing of food intake has emerged as a promising intervention to attenuate diet-induced metabolic diseases. This manuscript details the construction and use of an efficient system built in-house for measuring and manipulating rhythmic food intake in mice.
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Isolation of Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells for In Vitro Myogenesis Studies
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2026
This protocol provides a standardized method for isolating and enriching primary myoblasts from adult and neonatal mouse skeletal muscle through tissue dissociation, sequential filtration, preplating, and defined culture conditions, enabling the establishment and maintenance of satellite cell-derived myoblast cultures for downstream experimental applications.
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Synthesis of an Intein-mediated Artificial Protein Hydrogel
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2014
We present the synthesis of a split-intein-mediated protein hydrogel. The building blocks of this hydrogel are two protein copolymers each containing a subunit of a trimeric protein that serves as a crosslinker and one half of a split intein. Mixing of the two protein copolymers triggers an intein trans-splicing reaction, yielding a polypeptide unit that self-assembles into a hydrogel. This hydrogel is highly pH- and temperature-stable, compatible with organic solvents, and easily incorporates...
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Pax2a regulates development by binding specific regulatory DNA sequences near target genes. This binding influences whether those genes are expressed, connecting Pax2a activity to the broader gene regulatory networks that assign cells particular identities. Its effects therefore depend not only on the Pax2a protein itself, but also on which regulatory regions and developmental programs are active in a given embryonic tissue.
Pax2a helps link developmental signals to changes in gene expression that guide cell differentiation. By controlling genes involved in tissue specification, it can help embryonic cells adopt specialized identities rather than remaining unspecialized. Studying this role allows researchers to examine how regulatory genes coordinate pattern formation and transform early developmental instructions into organized sensory and urinary structures.
The relationship shows that developmental signals can act through transcription factors to produce stable changes in cell behavior and identity. Pax2a provides a regulatory connection between those signals and the genes needed for differentiation. Investigating this connection helps clarify how embryos interpret positional or tissue-specific information and incorporate it into coordinated organ-development programs.
Researchers can manipulate Pax2a expression during development and then examine resulting changes in differentiation, tissue specification, or organ formation. Comparing altered conditions with an appropriate developmental reference can indicate which processes depend on Pax2a activity. This strategy is useful for testing whether observed developmental outcomes reflect changes in gene regulatory control rather than unrelated variation.
Pax2a is particularly relevant to the formation of sensory structures and the urinary system. Researchers can therefore examine these tissues to determine how altered regulatory activity affects specification and organ development. These applications connect molecular analysis of Pax2a binding and target-gene control with visible developmental outcomes in distinct embryonic systems.
Investigating Pax2a function can reveal how altered PAX2-related activity disrupts normal gene regulation during embryogenesis. Findings from developmental experiments may connect changes in transcriptional control with defects in tissue specification or organ formation. This provides a biological framework for studying genetic disorders associated with altered PAX2-related function, while also clarifying the developmental pathways involved.